FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State head football coach Jeff Tedford announced on Friday that he has informed the team senior Jorge Reyna will be the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs in 2019.
“It’s important going into the summer to have leadership at that position,” Tedford said. “Jorge had a really great spring. He has command of the offense – he has been here going into his third season. He has played his role well in the past and has earned the right to be the starting quarterback.”
Reyna, one of the first five Bulldog recruits to ink their name under Tedford’s watch on Dec. 14, 2016 as a mid-year transfer, will get his shot to lead the offense with his final season of eligibility after two seasons behind Marcus McMaryion on the depth chart.
“He’s super-competitive,” said McMaryion. “He’s going to leave it all on the field no matter what. I think you’ll see the fire in him when he gets on the field and really gets a chance to show what he can do.”
After redshirting in 2017, Reyna appeared in 11 games for the Bulldogs in 2018, serving as the backup quarterback and primary holder as a redshirt junior. He had 12 attempts under center and completed eight passes for 111 yards and tossed one touchdown. On his first career attempt in the 2018 season opener against Idaho, he completed a 33-yard TD pass to Derrion Grim.
Reyna, a Downey High School graduate, transferred to Fresno State from West Los Angeles College, where he was named the Metro League Offensive Player of the Year. As a dual-threat quarterback, Reyna completed 316-of-448 attempts (70.5 percent) for 3,646 yards and 39 touchdowns, with eight interceptions, a season before arriving to Fresno State’s campus.
Reyna will be working toward a masters in education-curriculum and instruction in 2019, having already completed his bachelors at Fresno State in multimedia production.
